Acting is always a bit better in limited series. But, Oh boy this cast is blowing up. Elisabeth, Jessie and Lily have some intense scenes. Makes it a real pleasant watch. Easy to catch the nuances. Great directing too. You get a very good sense of this little community and what it means to be „good“ and suffer the Human condition.

So far I like this version better than the other one, there's more buildup, the background of "Why this happened" is more fleshed out, the acting though not bad in the other version is better here, and it looks far, far better. Plus this woman was 30 when the murder occured, they made Jessica Biel look almost 50 in that version. My vote goes here.

The superior version!

This being released so close to last year's *Candy* has no reason to be. Although, ***Love & Death*** manages to do a better job than it's predecessor! It's the exact same true crime story, basically but the approach is different and they choose to focus on different aspects we haven't seen, ex: the love story. Jessica Biel was great in *Candy* but Elizabeth Olsen's performance is just so much better. A memorable performance and a contender for the Emmy awards. Tom Pelphrey, Patrick Fugit and especially Jesse Plemons are all standouts as well. I'm the biggest Lily Rabe fan but Melanie Lynskey did the character better. The story is well told and the pacing isn't rushed, it breathes. The biggest thing it does better than *Candy* is the love story parts, way more in depth and it was actually interesting. Everything happening in court was peak court room material. The kill scene was done better in *Candy* though, it felt cheap in comparison.

Why is this so poorly rated ?! The acting is fantastic!

i was going through the first episode and realized that this thing looks very familiar. It is the same story of “Candy” watched and release not over a year ago. What the heck! Did they completely run out of ideas?
So unmark and remove from watchlist.

Elizabeth Olsen and Jesse Plemons are terrific actors, but the show would've been better is Krysten Ritter and Elizabeth Marvel had something to do. They are both capable of the same level of acting as Olsen and Plemons, but this show just doesn't give them a single worthy scene.
The show in it self is just okay.

[HBO Max] Far better portrayed in the miniseries "Candy" (2022), there is an all too obvious attempt to try to establish some empathy with Candy Montgomery, portraying the victim as paranoid. David E. Kelley's tendency towards courts and lawyers does not help, dedicating three episodes to a trial in which the judge is presented as manipulative, especially an unnecessary last episode that seems to be taken from "Lincoln Lawyer" (2021). There's a good performance from Elizabeth Olsen, who manages to keep her balance amid a poor script that fails to deeply explore the motivations of the characters.

I understand this in that I also would get an urge to commit murder if I was stuck in a repetitive tiring routine of housewifery

I'm not sure how I feel about this version of the candy montgomery story. I love me some elizabeth Olsen, but the last thing I need in my head is an image of Jesse Plemons in a sex scene.

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A true crime drama elevated by its performances across the board, especially Elizabeth Olsen who completely sinks into the person she is playing and disappears into the role, something difficult to do for someone as recognizable as her. This did exactly what it needed to do in that it grabbed my interest from the beginning with its story and never let it go for the duration of the series. It was tense, harrowing, unsettling, and heartbreaking right up to the final episode. It's kind of hard to rate these types of shows because if this was a fictional story it wouldn't have done all that much to peak my interest, but in the context of being a true story I am immediately more curious than I otherwise would be, and the unsettling nature of these events hits that much harder. As far as true crime dramas go, this one earned its place.

8.0/10 -- Great

I stopped watching after episode 2. Nobody needed a remake of the perfectly fine original Candy. It would be ok if it's the only show about the case, but watching this after Candy is impossible. It's just inferior in every aspect.

The misunderstanding this series puts you in front of is clear: can you plea a murderer, even if they killed someone they knew well and already betrayed with more than 40 ax blows? The question it instills in you comes after a series of boring episodes, held up only by the performance and, let's be honest, it never hurts, the beauty of Elizabeth Olsen. The show changes when the murder happens, when the protagonist's guilt arrives, and suddenly the lawyer's character (Tom Pelphrey, already excellent in Ozark) also stands out. In the end, I think it entertains well if you manage to get past the hurdle of the first episodes, and it's a good piece in the series of crime TV shows.